FAA incident reports
234,323 FAA reports of aviation accidents and incidents, from the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS) through its Aviation Safety Information Portal. An incident falls short of an accident: a bird strike, say, or a gear-up landing without substantial damage. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one.
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Incident 20210425014549IGates Learjet 35A · Atlanta, GAOn the arrival in to fty, the f/o picked up ATIS and ATIS reported that the longer runway, 8/26, was closed. Flight crew calculated the required distance for landing and it was determined they had the distance required under the company's daap program for the…Accident 20210425013199AMeyeres F L/Meyeres M M Skystar Ktfox Clsc 4 · Mountan Rest, SCReceived notice of airplane crash sundayapril 25, 2021 at 1136 eastern time. After coordinating with local leo, established that two passengers had survived a plane crash in a small experimental aircraft in a rural hilly area in upstate SC at mountain Rest.…Accident 20210425008029ACessna 182J · Sedona, AZOn April 25, 2021, N288GF, a Cessna 182, departed chd-chandler muni airport at 0728 MST enroute to sez-Sedona Airport. Three people were onboard, one flight crew (pilot) and 2 passengers as a private flight. The pilot received a weather briefing for…Accident 20210425005499AAeropro CZ S R O A240 · Richmond, INOn April 25, 2021 at 0800 local, a student pilot, later identified as [privacy data omitted], was involved in a fatal aircraft accident .5 miles south of the Richmond municipal airport (krid) in Richmond, Indiana. The weather reported at the time of the…Incident 20210425003079IHot Springs, ARHot Springs, AR: N124EC, SR22, vbt-hdc, reported a silver UAS at The 2 o'clock position while se bound at 11,000 feet 20 nw hot Springs (hot). No evasive action taken.Incident 20210425001459ISwearingen SA226-T(B) · Steamboat Sprin, COOn April 25th, 2021 at approximately 1143 MST N339RW, a SW-3 swearengin, struck two runway edge lights and departed the runway surface while landing on runway 34 at Steamboat springs airport, in Steamboat springs Colorado causing damage to the left propeller…Incident 20210424009259IMooney M20C · Lawton, OKStarted incident investigation iaw 8900.1 vol 7 ch 1 sec 2 and 8020.11D. Pilot failed to ensure landing gear was in down and locked position prior to landing at (klaw) airport in Lawton, OK., resulting in a gear up landing. Aircraft sustained minor damage to…Accident 20210424007269ACirrus Design SR22 · Port Aransas, TXOn 24 March 2021, 1315 central daylight time N587CD a Cirrus SR22, crashed at Mustang Beach Airport (pez) Port Aransas, Texas. The private pilot (asel) was fatally injured . Two passengers were seriously injured and transported to local hospitals for injuries…Accident 20210424006659ACessna 140 · Palmer, AKAirman departed paaq in his C-140 and was practicing landings on a gravel bar near the knik glacier. Upon landing the aircraft began slowing rapidly and the tail came up and the airplane nosed over and flipped onto its back. The pilot suspected the main…Accident 20210424006649ACessna 310N · Carrollton, OHAircraft departed from runway 23 at approximately 15:30Z from ucp en-route to TSO. At about 10 miles north of the airfield, pilot began decent to traffic pattern from 4500 ft by reducing power down to 17 inches of manifold pressure to slow airspeed to flap…Incident 20210424005309ICessna 182P · Marana, AZAircraft had entered the downwind for rwy 12 when pilot reported loss of power and landed in desert area se of rwy 30.Accident 20210424005149ACessna 172M · Fredericksburg, VAUpon landing the pilot mishandled the rudder and toe brakes. The pilot believed he was experiencing a pull the the right. There was no crosswind and winds were calm. He decided he would rather exit the runway than over correct the aircraft. Damage sustained…Accident 20210423019599APiper PA-46-310P · Danville, AROn Friday April 23, 2021 N461DK, a Piper PA-46-310P was involved in a fatal in-flight break-up in the vicinity of Danville, AR. N461DK departed muskogee, ok (mko) at 21:22Z on an IFR flight to williston, FL (X60). On board the aircraft were four occupants. A…Incident 20210423012859ISipprelle J H Stoddard Hamilton 2R · Showlow, AZPilot departed chino CA. To clovis NM., about 2 hrs. Into the flight, going toward st. johns from drake VOR. Circuit breaker (5 amp) for the landing gear control had popped. That circuit also controls the landing gear position lights. Gear is held up…Accident 20210423009249ASwearingen SA226-T(B) · Winslow, AZInitial report from western service area roc date 04/23/2021, 2110Z stated ?N59EZ taxied out to the blast fence for about an hour. N59EZ then advised they were ready for departure. N59EZ departed sdl airport northbound VFR?. The aircraft crashed approximately…Incident 20210423006639ICirrus Design SR22 · Birmingham, ALPilot stated that he departed bhm for a local flight when he encountered unexpected weather. Pilot decided to returned to bhm. Upon short final, the pilot began experiencing a gusty crosswind. After touchdown, the aircraft veered to the left and ran off the…Incident 20210423006579IPiper PA-18-150 · Willow, AKPilot "dragged" the frozen lake to confirm ice was suitable for landing and went around. Upon touchdown on the frozen surface of red shirt lake, the landing gear broke through a layer of ice, sank into approx 6 inches of slush on top of approx 14 inches of…Accident 20210423005229AMobi-Light CCX-2300 · Fort Collins, COOn March 23, 2021 at approximately 1905Z, N220XC a cub crafters x cub ground looped after landing on runway 33 at Northern Colorado Regional Airport (kfnl) in loveland, Colorado cuasing damage to the right wingtip and right aileron. There were two occupants…Incident 20210423004659IPiper PA-30 · Alabaster, ALAirman failed to lower landing gear prior to touchdown.Incident 20210423002779IHawker Beechcraft Hawker 4000 · Atlantic City, NJAt departing kteb, 12 minutes into the flight passing FL250, aircraft experienced a failure of the outer pane of the copilot side window. Within 5 seconds aircraft had explosive decompression of copilots side window when most of the inner pane of the coplots…Incident 20210423001989ITandem Rotor CH47D · Ludlow, CAApprox 40 min. After departing from fuel stop in lancaster, CA. (Kwjf) enroute to AZ, the aircraft had a #2 afcs fault light, and began experiencing a "tail low" flight attitude, that required fwd cyclic input to maintain level flight. Pilots switched to #1…Accident 20210422022289ASchempp-Hirth Ventus C · Perry, SCFlight was intended to be a cross country contest. At approximately 1900? AGL pilot felt a significant surge of lift and released the tow. He was unsuccessful in finding the lift, and proceeded to search over ground that appeared favorable to generate…Accident 20210422009659ARobinson Helicopter R44 · Forkston, PAThe accident flight departed allentown queen city municipal airport (xll) at approximately 20:10 local time enroute to bradford county airport (N27). Preliminary radar track data showed the aircraft flying northwest at a cruise altitude between 3,000 to 4,000…Incident 20210422009239IMcdonnell Douglas TA-4J · St. Louis, MOPrior to landing the landing gear was extended. The pilot stated that on checking the brake pedals, the brakes felt normal. Upon touchdown at stl on rwy 30R, N234LT wheel brakes were applied at approximately 100 knots during rollout. The right brake pedal…Accident 20210422006529AMichael J Robbins Searey · Friday Harbor, WAAircraft taking off from Friday Harbor Airport, about 200 feet in the air the engine lost power, started losing altitude, pilot turn slightly to the right and placed aircraft down in field, damage to aircraft not flyable, minor injuries to pilot and pax.Incident 20210422006179IMark Merrell Vans RV-8 · Saint Augustine, FLOn 22 April, pilot made an approach and landed on runway 31 at ksgj. The crosswind component was strong. Upon landing, he didn?t have sufficient rudder authority to maintain a straight track down the runway. The plane began to ground loop. He tried to arrest…Accident 20210422005509APiper PA-28-181 · Faribault, MN2021-04-22 N7114C first flight with a new student pilot while performing touch-n-go?s at kfbl, Faribault stalled and landed in a farm field approximately 1/3 mile northwest of RWY30. The CFI took off from kfcm, he knew there was gusty winds, but headed down…Accident 20210422004669A2006 Flight Design Ctsw · Santa Fe, NMOn April 22, 2021, at 0946 MST, a flight design gmbh special light sport, N378CT, registered to [privacy data omitted], experienced a loss of oil pressure and a subsequent engine failure while at cruise flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and…Incident 20210422004499ICessna R182 · Bay City, MIOn April 22, 2021, at approximately 21:10 local time a Cessna R182, N215CC, [privacy data omitted] operated by a private pilot, received minor damage during landing rollout on runway 18 at Bay City, James Clements (3CM) when the aircraft struck the second of…Accident 20210422003969ACessna 402C · New Bedford, MAWhile on approach to ewb at approximately 5NM from the field aircraft sustained a bird strike and landed safely. Only one flight crew on board with no passengers as this was a relocation flight. After inspection the aircraft received damage to the vertical…Incident 20210421008569ICessna TR182 · Fort Myers, FLOn April 21, 2021, at 13:48 EDT, a Cessna C182, N6413T, had a nose gear issue on roll out causing the nose gear to fail at Fort Myers / lee field (fmy) Fort Myers FL. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The pilot was uninjured, the…Incident 20210421006519ICessna 414A · Fort Worth, TXStatement: Pilot ([privacy data omitted]) states tower instructed N787DR to slow down due to inbound alert 1 aircraft , the tower then requested turn left 360 degrees to make space for the alert 1 aircraft. I then raised flaps to 15 degrees and the landing…Accident 20210421006169AConsolidated Aeronautics Lake LA-4-200 · Twenty Nine Pal, CAN2989P departed knta airport. Airplane climed to about 200 feet above AGL at which aircraft had partial loss of powerand was unable to maintain altitude. N2989P began to vibrate in the engine area. Unable to get back to airport, the plane made an emergency…Incident 20210421006159IPiper PA-28-140 · Winter Haven, FLOn 04/21/2021 student pilot training event fourth lesson. They had been operating the Piper PA-28-140 N6791 w, aircraft for approximately 45 minutes conducting airport pattern work Upon lifting off for there seventh consecutive practice take off and landings…Incident 20210421005519IPerry William Lancair IV P · Henderson, NVDuring second approach to land, winds were gusty aircraft contacted the runway in a hard landing situation.Accident 20210421005389AConsolidated Vultee BT-13A · Camas, WAThe flight started at Grove Field (1W1) at about 13:45 PST. Pilot and CFI flew to hood river (ken jernstedt airfield 4S2) where they did several full stop landings on the grass. CFI stated that the pilot?s rudder control was sloppy and said the pilot had…Incident 20210421005159ICessna 210E · New Bern, NCThe pilot reported having intermittent power losses after 10 minutes of flying. They were cruising at 4000 feet when the engine started surging then quit. The pilot did the required troubleshooting but was unsuccessful in getting the engine restarted. The…Incident 20210421004829ICessna TR182 · Mesa, AZ[privacy data omitted] (CFI) was hired by [privacy data omitted] to provide instructional training in this aircraft. During landing on runway 22L with a left crosswind 130 at 10 gusting 22, the newly licensed pilot was uncomfortable with landing the aircraft…Accident 20210420005529ACessna 182M · Eufaula, ALOn April 20, 2021, the pilot of N91606 departed milton, FL for a destination of perry, GA. During cruise flight the engine quit. The pilot initiated the checklist and set the aircraft up for best glide toward the airport. The pilot then determined that the…Accident 20210420005429APiper PA-28RT-201T · Brownsville, TNPiper PA-28RT-201T, N4303G departed pearland regional airport (lvj) near houston Texas for murray-calloway co. airport (cey) near murray Kentucky at approximately 5:25 pm CDT. The final radar position was recorded at 2052 CDT, and the position was nearly over…Accident 20210420005259AFirefly Balloons 2010 Firefly 12B · Pagosa Springs, COOn 04/20/2021 at approximately 0830 MDT, N3016R a commercially operated balloon, landed in a field near Pagosa Springs, CO. The balloon had one pilot and ten passengers. The pilot stated that immediately after landing an eleven year old passenger complained…Accident 20210420005249ADavis Donald M Bushby Mustang II · Maricopa, AZOn 04/20/2021 at 18:50 local time, aircraft N284ND was involved with an occurrence at Maricopa Arizona (A39). In an interview with the pilot he made the statement that the aircraft veered slightly to the left during take-off and attempts to correct back to…Incident 20210420005169IConsolidated Aeronautics Lake LA-4-200 · Palm Beach Gard, FLPilot statement I departed F45 after my routine preflight and a normal runup. After initial climb, the engine began to lose power, and I got an indication of high oil temperature. I made a precautionary landing on a deserted dirt road. Upon landing, the nose…Accident 20210419011139AGulfstream American AA-5B · Gozales, TXThe pilot stated that when his wife and him departed E70 on April 19th in Grumman N28249 for 50R to do some touch and goes. We did a few touch and goes. The air traffic was getting heavy with other aircraft training students so I told my wife we should go to…Incident 20210419006509IPiper PA-28-236 · Clearwater, FLOn April 19, 2021, at approximately 16:00 EST, N8124A, a Piper PA-28-236, s/n 28-8011036, [privacy data omitted] struck a traffic cone on the taxiway after initial startup at Clearwater, FL (clw). Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the…Accident 20210419006499ACessna 340A · Tatum, TXOn 04/19/2021 at approximately 1340HRS local time N801EC departed runway 13 at ggg to do a maintenance test flight for auto pilot to the north east. At 1346HRS the aircraft dropped from radar and could not be contacted. Aircraft Crashed 9 miles east south…Incident 20210419003529ICessna 182T · Lexington, KYAirman landed the aircraft at klex airport. On roll out he inadvertently left the runway and went through the grass, striking a runway light in the process, doing minor damage to aircraft's exhaust pipe.Incident 20210418009649ICessna 208B · East Stroudsbur, PADecedent was part of a [privacy data omitted]. Four-man departed aircraft at 13,800, connected twice, and separated at break point of 5K. One member of four-man, stated he saw a red and black canopy that was in a left-hand spiral. The canopy was cut away, but…Accident 20210418008469APiper PA-18-150 · Wilsall, MTThe pilot stated "in the landing configuration I entered a wing low approach with right aileron and left rudder. I was in perfect alignment with the runway and the wind was steady. As we entered ground effect everything Felt solid. I kept a little power in…Accident 20210418006489ACessna 170B · Curtis, NEAfter refueling aircraft at K47V pilot departed and shortly lost all engine power. Pilot attempted to restart engine unsuccessfully. Pilot made emergency landing in field south of K47V.